How to Copy a Help Topic or Code Example
You can copy text or sample code from a topic to the Clipboard and then paste it into another file.
Follow these steps to copy a topic from Microsoft Document Explorer to a word-processing application.
To copy a Help topic to a word-processing application
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In the document window, display the topic you want to copy.
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On the Edit menu, choose Select All.
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Drag the pointer to select the text you want to copy.
Note:Step numbers are not copied to the Clipboard.
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On the Edit menu, choose Copy to copy the content to the Clipboard.
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Open the document into which you want to paste the topic.
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Click in your document where you want the information to appear.
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On the Edit menu, click Paste.
Follow these steps to copy a code sample from Microsoft Document Explorer to the clipboard.
To copy a code sample
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In the document window, display the topic that contains the code sample you want to copy.
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Scroll to the code sample block of text.
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Click Copy Code, located at the upper-right of the code sample block. The contents of the code sample are copied to the Clipboard.
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Open the source file into which you want to paste the code sample.
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Click in your source file where you want the information to appear.
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On the Edit menu, click Paste.